Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of a discreet man is to understand his way: and the imprudence of fools erreth.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
In Context
7Go against a foolish man, and he knoweth not the lips of prudence.
9A fool will laugh at sin, but among the just grace shall abide.
Cross References
Psalms 111:10The wicked shall see, and shall be angry, he shall gnash with his teeth and pine away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
Psalms 143:8Whose mouth hath spoken vanity: and their right hand is the right hand of iniquity.
Proverbs 8:20I walk in the way of justice, in the midst of the paths of judgment,
Proverbs 12:5The thoughts of the just are judgments: and the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.
Ecclesiastes 2:16For there shall be no remembrance of the wise no more than of the fool forever, and the times to come shall cover all things together with oblivion: the learned dieth in like manner as the unlearned.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:8
7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. See here, 1. How we may discern a fool and discover him, a wicked man, for he is a foolish man. If we perceive not in him the lips of knowledge, if we find there is no relish or savour of piety in his discourse, that his communication is all corrupt and corrupting, and nothing in it good and to the use of edifying, we may conclude the treasure is bad. 2. How we must decline such a one and depart from him: Go from his… Read the whole commentary →